Highway K
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $14–$20Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 8381 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Campers looking to enjoy a scenic stay on the clear waters of the Black River, will enjoy the calming riverside atmosphere at Highway K Park. Keep reading
Recreation
Fishing and canoeing are very popular on the river, where campers also enjoy wading out into the clear waters during warmer months.
Facilities
The campground offers 83 sites, including many with electric hookups and some sites with water hookups. Additional amenities include a dump station, hot showers, a picnic shelter and playground.
Natural Features
Highway K is a few miles upstream of Clearwater Lake on the Black River. Campsites extended over both sides of the river bank, in a lush, wooded area of mixed hardwoods.
Nearby Attractions
The Elephant Rocks State Park, Johnson Shut-ins State Park, and the historic Civil War site at Fort Davidson State Park make for an interesting, scenic day trip.
What the agency tells you
Outside peak season, campsites are first come, first served
Site occupancy is limited to two camping units. One wheeled unit and one tent. Or the site may have two tents. Maximum of 10 people per site.
Firewood restrictions are in effect to prevent the spread of invasive insects and disease; Click here for more information
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Running of generators is prohibited between the hours of 10p.m. and 6a.m.
Operation of ATV's, UTV's and golf carts is prohibited within the developed recreatrion areas.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 83
- Hookups
- 54 electric, 23 water
- Longest rig
- 96 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Additional amenities include a dump station, hot showers, a picnic shelter and playground.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Boating
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Night sky · 35th darkest of 118 in MO
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 81 of the 83 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $14–$20 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
84 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 81 mapped sitesAll 84 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 84 of the 84 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 80 of the 84 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| A | A01 | standard electric | 48 ft | 30 amp | 46 ft | 192 ftBear Branch | 430 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A02 | standard electric | 54 ft | 30 amp | 46 ft | 236 ftBear Branch | 425 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A03 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 52 ft | 288 ftBear Branch | 418 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A04 | standard electric | 27 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 305 ftBear Branch | 416 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A06 | standard electric | 51 ft | 30 amp | 33 ft | 294 ftBear Branch | 457 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A07 | standard electric | 33 ft | 30 amp | 33 ft | 319 ftBear Branch | 425 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A08 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 25 ft | 374 ftBear Branch | 360 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A09 | standard electric | 48 ft | 30 amp | 25 ft | 396 ftBear Branch | 343 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A10 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 39 ft | 405 ftBear Branch | 303 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A11 | standard electric | 37 ft | 30 amp | 39 ft | 389 ftBear Branch | 268 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A12 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 338 ftBear Branch | 213 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A13 | standard electric | 57 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 339 ftBear Branch | 155 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A14 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 328 ftBear Branch | 283 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A15 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 324 ftBear Branch | 355 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | A16 | standard electric | 54 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 269 ftBear Branch | 360 ft | $16–$20 |
| A | GA1 | type not stated | 57 ft | 30 amp | 434 ftBear Branch | 126 ft | ||
| A | GA2 | type not stated | 57 ft | 30 amp | 989 ft | 528 ft | ||
| B | B01 | standard nonelectric | 81 ft | 62 ft | 98 ftBear Branch | 604 ft | $14 | |
| B | B02 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 57 ft | 115 ftBear Branch | 590 ft | $14 | |
| B | B03 | standard nonelectric | 72 ft | 57 ft | 110 ftBear Branch | 594 ft | $14 | |
| B | B04 | standard nonelectric | 63 ft | 61 ft | 123 ftBear Branch | 589 ft | $14 | |
| B | B05 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 61 ft | 101 ftBear Branch | 621 ft | $14 | |
| B | B06 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 61 ft | 97 ftBear Branch | 638 ft | $14 | |
| B | B07 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 63 ft | 84 ftBear Branch | 677 ft | $14 | |
| B | B08 | standard electric | 39 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 215 ftBear Branch | 554 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B09 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 237 ftBear Branch | 505 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B10 | standard electric | 54 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 250 ftBear Branch | 473 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B11 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 231 ftBear Branch | 479 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B12 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 51 ft | 219 ftBear Branch | 485 ft | $16–$20 |
| B | B13 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 33 ft | 143 ftBear Branch | 615 ft | $14 | |
| B | B14 | standard nonelectric | 63 ft | 64 ft | 160 ftBear Branch | 576 ft | $14 | |
| B | B15 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 61 ft | 170 ftBear Branch | 548 ft | $14 | |
| B | B16 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 51 ft | 170 ftBear Branch | 534 ft | $14 | |
| B | B17 | standard nonelectric | 14 ft | 33 ft | 168 ftBear Branch | 600 ft | $14 | |
| C | C01 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 66 ft | 380 ftBear Branch | 175 ft | $14 | |
| C | C02 | standard electric | 43 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 444 ftBear Branch | 149 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C03 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 93 ft | 422 ftBear Branch | 242 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C04 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 64 ft | 341 ftBear Branch | 350 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C05 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 248 ftBear Branch | 419 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C06 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 60 ft | 301 ftBear Branch | 414 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C07 | standard electric | 39 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 223 ftBear Branch | 475 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C08 | standard nonelectric | 39 ft | 138 ft | 415 ftBear Branch | 569 ft | $14 | |
| C | C09 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 484 ftBear Branch | 447 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C10 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 48 ft | 529 ftBear Branch | 471 ft | $14 | |
| C | C11 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 106 ft | 628 ftBear Branch | 617 ft | $14 | |
| C | C12 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 90 ft | 618 ftBear Branch | 515 ft | $14 | |
| C | C13 | standard nonelectric | 72 ft | 44 ft | 648 ftBear Branch | 451 ft | $14 | |
| C | C14 | standard nonelectric | 75 ft | 44 ft | 664 ftBear Branch | 421 ft | $14 | |
| C | C15 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 61 ft | 704 ftBear Branch | 351 ft | $14 | |
| C | C16 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 61 ft | 643 ftBear Branch | 326 ft | $14 | |
| C | C17 | standard electric | 48 ft | 30 amp | 73 ft | 537 ftBear Branch | 345 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C18 | standard electric | 57 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 559 ftBear Branch | 261 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C19 | standard electric | 48 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 514 ftBear Branch | 236 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C20 | standard electric | 81 ft | 30 amp | 59 ft | 416 ftBear Branch | 324 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C21 | standard electric | 36 ft | 30 amp | 59 ft | 475 ftBear Branch | 311 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C22 | standard electric | 39 ft | 30 amp | 60 ft | 425 ftBear Branch | 379 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | C23 | standard electric | 39 ft | 30 amp | 62 ft | 387 ftBear Branch | 434 ft | $16–$20 |
| C | PA1 | type not stated | 40 ft | 30 amp | 535 ftBear Branch | 132 ft | ||
| D | D1 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 221 ft | 525 ft | 1,686 ft | $14 | |
| D | D2 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 38 ft | 386 ft | 1,906 ft | $14 | |
| D | D3 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 38 ft | 348 ft | 1,921 ft | $14 | |
| D | D4 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 130 ft | 214 ft | 1,937 ft | $14 | |
| D | D5 | standard nonelectric | 96 ft | 130 ft | 293 ft | 1,808 ft | $14 | |
| HIGHWAY K | S1 | day use | 30 amp | 73 ft | 323 ftBear Branch | 239 ft | $50 | |
| K | K01 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 1,052 ft | 428 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K02 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 1,095 ft | 332 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K03 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 1,059 ft | 233 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K04 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 974 ft | 151 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K05 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 897 ft | 111 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K06 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 101 ft | 816 ft | 140 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K07 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 727 ft | 214 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K08 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 91 ft | 641 ft | 297 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K09 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 575 ft | 389 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K10 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 557 ft | 464 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K11 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 91 ft | 562 ft | 552 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K12 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 377 ft | 698 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K13 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 349 ft | 633 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K14 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 417 ft | 508 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K15 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 471 ft | 421 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K16 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 91 ft | 559 ft | 318 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K17 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 646 ft | 216 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K18 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 728 ft | 118 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K19 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 102 ft | 896 ft | 82 ft | $16–$20 |
| K | K20 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 102 ft | 990 ft | 184 ft | $16–$20 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
25 of 84 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Bluff View(Clearwater Lake)9.9 mi
Webb Creek Park12 mi
Piedmont Park13 mi
River Road Park13 miMarble Creek Recreation AreaMark Twain National Forest · 15 mi
Sutton Bluff Recreation AreaMark Twain National Forest · 17 miFrom Annapolis, MO, follow MO Highway K west for 5 miles. The park will be on the left, and is on both sides of the bridge.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Annapolis, MO
Typical weather
Typical October night 45°F, day 70°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 23°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Highway K is in Missouri’s 8th congressional district. Its representative, Jason Smith (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →